How do you find the slope and intercept of $4(x-5y)=9(x+1)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-05-09T17:14:14

Simplifying,

$y = -1/4 x + -9/20$

We read off a slope of $-1/4$ and a y intercept of $-9/20.$

$4(x-5y)=9(x+1)$

$4x - 20 y = 9x + 9$

$-20 y = 5x + 9$

$y = -5/20 x + -9/20$

$y = -1/4 x + -9/20$

We read off a slope of $-1/4$ and a y intercept of $-9/20.$

How do you find the slope and intercept of 4(x-5y)=9(x+1)4(x-5y)=9(x+1)?